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Gorringes: Weekly House & Gardens Sale featuring Toys & Transport

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Auction Name	Weekly House & Gardens Sale featuring Toys & Transport	Total Sales (GBP)	5,739.50
Auction Date	September 01, 2025 - September 01, 2025	Low Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	2,600.00
Sale Number	#90125	High Estimate of Lots Sold (GBP)	3,910.00
Total Lots	44
Sold Lots	37	Low Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	2,990.00
% of Lots Sold	84.09%	High Estimate of All Lots (GBP)	4,480.00
Unsold Lots	7	Total Sales as a % of High Est.	128.11%

Top twenty-five by sale price

Lot Number	Author Name	Book Title	Year Published	Estimate	Actual Price
447		The Thames Tunnel advertising flyer showing the plans of Marc Brunel	1827	GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 494.00
464		Four boxes of railway and engineering related books		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 494.00
461		Five boxes of Railway related books		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 442.00
463		Four boxes of railway, etc. related books		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 442.00
462		Four boxes of Railway related books		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 390.00
737	Frank Brangwyn RA RWS RBA (Welsh, 1867-1956)	'The Garden of the Mosque'		GBP 100.00 - 200.00	GBP 390.00
465	Frances Halstead	A mid 20th century Greenline travel poster designed by Frances Halstead	mid 20th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 364.00
460		Four boxes of railway related books, primarily American outline		GBP 40.00 - 60.00	GBP 182.00
783	After John Speed (1552-1629)	Antique hand coloured engraved map of Yorkshire,		GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 169.00
452	Klemantaski	Three 1930s Donington Grand Prix motor racing black and white photographs by Klemantaski	1930s	GBP 150.00 - 250.00	GBP 156.00
436		Seven 1940s to modern Rolls Royce and Bentley motor car manufacturer's brochures	1940s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 143.00
445	Aviation interest	an early 20th century photograph album containing a number of views of early aircraft and cars, including	early 20th century	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 130.00
457		[Thames Tunnel] Equisses des Travaux du Passage de Communication de Rotherhithe a Wapping sous la Thames.		GBP 200.00 - 300.00	GBP 130.00
777	Robert Loudon Senior, after Thomas Sulman (1834-1900)	an engraved Panorama of London the South Side of the Thames -- Supplement to the Illustrated London News 1861	1861	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 130.00
781	After Charles Smith (1768-1854)	a set of four early 19th century engraved maps, A New Map of Yorkshire divided into Ridings & C,	January 6th 1801	GBP 100.00 - 150.00	GBP 130.00
450		An Airey's Railway Map of England & Wales	1878	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 123.50
778	After George Frederick Cruchley (1797-1880)	'Cruchley's Environs of London extending 30 miles from the metropolis, 1828'	1828	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 123.50
440		Five 1920s and 1930s motor car manufacturer's brochures	1920s and 1930s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 104.00
444		History of the Cunard Steamship Company, extracted from the illustrated naval and military magazine, original gilt cloth and gilt edges,		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 104.00
456		A framed folding coloured engraving of the map of London dated 1767	1767	GBP 50.00 - 80.00	GBP 97.50
437		Six 1930s to 1960s Jaguar and Daimler motor car manufacturer's brochures	1930s to 1960s	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
441		Three 1940s and 1950s MG motor car manufacturer's brochures	1940s and 1950s	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 78.00
453	After Barnett Freedman (1901-1958)	London Transport theatre poster, 'Go by Underground',	1936	GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 78.00
455		Two framed 17th and 18th century maps	17th and 18th century	GBP 60.00 - 80.00	GBP 78.00
454	After Edward Bawden RA (1903-1989)	Chestnut Sunday, Bushy Park',		GBP 80.00 - 120.00	GBP 71.50

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Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: BOETTI, Alighiero - Classifying the thousand longest rivers in the world. Ascoli Piceno: 1977. € 15.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: GOYA Y LUCIENTES, Francisco José - Los desastres de la guerra. Madrid: 1863. € 12.000 - 18.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: HEVELIUS, Johannes - Selenographia sive lunae descriptio. Danzica: 1647. € 10.000 - 15.000

Il Ponte, Sep. 30-Oct. 1: REDOUTÉ, Pierre-Joseph - Douze Bouquets. Parigi e New York: [s.d., ma ca. 1835]. € 15.000 - 25.000
Koller, Sep. 17: NEWTON, ISAAC. Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica. London, Joseph Streater, "Prostat apud plures Bibliopolas", 1687. CHF 250,000 to 300,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: ORTELIUS, ABRAHAM. Theatrum orbis terrarum. 3 parts in 1 volume. Antwerpen, Plantin, 1612. CHF 120,000 to 160,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BECKMANN, MAX. Apokalypse. Frankfurt a. M., Privatdruck der Bauerschen Giesserei, 1943. CHF 40,000 to 60,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: BOISSERÉE, SULPIZ. Ansichten, Risse und einzelne Theile des Doms von Köln. AND: Ders. Geschichte und Beschreibung des Doms zu Köln… CHF 30,000 to 50,000.

Koller, Sep. 17: SCHEDEL, HARTMANN. Buch der Chroniken und Geschichten. Nürnberg, Anton Koberger, 23. Dez. 1493. CHF 25,000 to 40,000.
Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: Ian Fleming. Casino Royale, London, 1953. First edition, first printing. $58,610.

Sotheby’s: A.A. Milne, Ernest Howard Shepard. Winnie The Pooh, United Kingdom, 1926. First UK edition. $17,580.

Sotheby’s: Ernest Hemingway. Three Stories And Ten Poems, [Paris], (1923). First edition of Hemingway’s first published book. $75,000.

Sotheby's
Fine Books, Manuscripts & More
Available for Immediate Purchase

Sotheby’s: L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, 1900. First edition. $27,500.

Sotheby’s: Man Ray. Photographs By Man Ray 1920 Paris 1934, Hartford, 1934. $7,860.

Sotheby’s: Thomas Pennant. Zoologia Britannica, Augsburg, 1771. $49,125.